36 pages • 1 hour read
Margaret AtwoodA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapter Summaries & Analyses
In “Revenant,” readers meet Gavin, Constance’s ex-boyfriend. It has been almost 20 years since Gavin saw Constance. He is now married to a woman, Reynolds, who is much younger than him. Reynolds is also Gavin’s third wife. A celebrated poet and a professor at a local university, Gavin has a pattern of marrying his much younger graduate students.
Gavin dies at the end of “Revenant” after suffering both physical and mental anguish throughout the story. As the story ends, Gavin is on the way to get himself a drink. He falls on the deck and then thinks, “Who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?” Reynolds finds him and says, “Oh my God! Gavvy! I can’t leave you alone for a minute! Now look at what you’ve done! (73).
Before Gavin trips and eventually dies of a stroke caused by his fall, he is introduced to Naveena, a young writer. Gavin and Reynolds believe that Naveena’s thesis is on Gavin’s work. Yet when Naveena tries to pry information out of Gavin, it is revealed that her thesis is on Constance Starr’s Alphinland series.
By Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
Backdrop Addresses Cowboy
Margaret Atwood
Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
Death By Landscape
Margaret Atwood
Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold
Margaret Atwood
Happy Endings
Margaret Atwood
Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
Margaret Atwood
Lady Oracle
Margaret Atwood
Life Before Man
Margaret Atwood
MaddAddam
Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood
Rape Fantasies
Margaret Atwood
Siren Song
Margaret Atwood
Surfacing
Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
The Circle Game
Margaret Atwood
The Edible Woman
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
The Heart Goes Last
Margaret Atwood
The Landlady
Margaret Atwood
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection